Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS JSJ

October 7, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 7, 2000, 1:16 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 2000, 1:16 PM CDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2000, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 071821
FFWJSJ
PRC073-075-107-149-072015-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
216 PM AST SAT OCT 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     SOUTH JAYUYA
     VILLALBA
     SOUTHEAST OROCOVIS
     NORTH JUANA DIAZ
     NORTH PONCE

* UNTIL 415 PM AST

* AT 211 PM AST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN OVER VILLALBA AND NORTH JUANA DIAZ. THE STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.

  THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN
  THE WARNING AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS
BEEN REPORTED. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR AREA. MOTORISTS AND
PEDESTRIANS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS AND AREAS...AS
YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS. PERSONS IN
LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM
LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.
MV

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.